

2013-2014
The Parliament of the
Commonwealth of Australia
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
As read a third time
Freedom of Information Amendment (New Arrangements) Bill 2014
No. , 2014
A Bill for an Act to amend the law relating to freedom of information and privacy, and for other purposes
Contents
1............ Short title............................................................................................. 1
2............ Commencement................................................................................... 1
3............ Schedules............................................................................................ 2
Schedule 1—Amendments relating to freedom of information 3
Freedom of Information Act 1982 3
Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security Act 1986 11
Ombudsman Act 1976 11
Schedule 2—Australian Privacy Commissioner 12
Australian Human Rights Commission Act 1986 12
Privacy Act 1988 13
Schedule 3—Abolishing the Office of Australian Information Commissioner 21
Part 1—Repeals 21
Australian Information Commissioner Act 2010 21
Part 2—Consequential amendments 22
Administrative Appeals Tribunal Act 1975 22
Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Act 2006 22
Australian Citizenship Act 2007 22
Australian Human Rights Commission Act 1986 22
Child Care Act 1972 22
Crimes Act 1914 23
Data-matching Program (Assistance and Tax) Act 1990 25
Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 26
Fair Work Act 2009 26
Fisheries Management Act 1991 26
Healthcare Identifiers Act 2010 26
Migration Act 1958 27
National Health Act 1953 27
National Health and Medical Research Council Act 1992 28
National Health Reform Act 2011 28
Ombudsman Act 1976 28
Personally Controlled Electronic Health Records Act 2012 29
Student Identifiers Act 2014 31
Telecommunications Act 1997 32
Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act 1979 34
Torres Strait Fisheries Act 1984 34
Schedule 4—Application, saving and transitional provisions 35
Part 1—Definitions 35
Part 2—Transition to the new review and complaints arrangements 37
Part 3—Transition to the Australian Privacy Commissioner 40
Part 4—Other matters 48
This Bill originated in the House of Representatives; and, having this day passed, is now ready for presentation to the Senate for its concurrence.
D. R. ELDER
Clerk of the House of Representatives
House of Representatives
28 October 2014
A Bill for an Act to amend the law relating to freedom of information and privacy, and for other purposes
The Parliament of Australia enacts:
This Act may be cited as the Freedom of Information Amendment (New Arrangements) Act 2014 .
(1) Each provision of this Act specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.
Commencement information |
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Column 1 |
Column 2 |
Column 3 |
Provisions |
Commencement |
Date/Details |
1. Sections 1 to 3 and anything in this Act not elsewhere covered by this table |
The day this Act receives the Royal Assent. |
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2. Schedules 1 to 4 |
1 January 2015. |
1 January 2015 |
Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this Act as originally enacted. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this Act.
(2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this Act. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this Act.
Legislation that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect according to its terms.